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TABLE 2
Areas of Significant Ground Water Development in Utah
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| No. in Fig. 5 |
Area |
'89-98 Avg.
(ac-ft/yr)† |
No. in Fig. 5 |
Area |
'89-98 Avg.
(ac-ft/yr)† |
| 1 |
Salt Lake valley |
133,000 |
20 |
Beaver Valley |
8,000 |
| 2 |
Utah and Goshen Valleys |
108,000 |
21 |
Dugway, Skull Valley, Old River Bed |
6,000 |
| 3 |
Beryl-Enterprise area |
80,000 |
22 |
Rush Valley |
4,000 |
| 4 |
Pahvant Valley |
80,000 |
23 |
Grouse Creek Valley |
4,000 |
| 5 |
East Shore area |
60,000 |
24 |
Cedar Valley, Utah County |
3,000 |
| 6 |
Milford area |
49,000 |
25 |
Park Valley |
3,000 |
| 7 |
Curlew Valley |
36,000 |
26 |
Park City area |
* |
| 8 |
Cedar Valley, Iron County |
33,000 |
27 |
Vernal area |
* |
| 9 |
Parowan Valley |
29,000 |
28 |
Upper Bear River Valley |
* |
| 10 |
Cache Valley |
28,000 |
29 |
Spanish Valley |
* |
| 11 |
Tooele Valley |
27,000 |
30 |
Blanding area |
* |
| 12 |
Sevier Desert |
25,000 |
31 |
Bear Lake Valley |
* |
| 13 |
Juab Valley |
21,000 |
32 |
Monticello area |
* |
| 14 |
Central Sevier Valley |
19,000 |
33 |
Heber Valley |
* |
| 15 |
Central Virgin River area |
17,000 |
34 |
Duchesne River area |
* |
| 16 |
Ogden Valley |
13,000 |
35 |
Upper Sevier valleys |
* |
| 17 |
Sanpete Valley |
12,000 |
36 |
Upper Fremont River |
* |
| 18 |
Snake Valley |
10,000 |
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Total of other areas (*) |
42,000 |
| 19 |
Malad-lower Bear River |
9,000 |
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STATE TOTAL |
851,000 |
* Less than 3,000. See "Total of Other Areas (*)" for combined total.
† Source: Tables 1, 2 & 3 in, Ground-Water Conditions in Utah: Spring of 2000, Cooperative Investigations Report
No. 41. U.S. Geological Survey, Utah Division of Water Resources and Utah Division of Water Rights.
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